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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-12-29 09:45:15 +0100 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-12-29 09:45:15 +0100 |
| commit | e1df957670aef74ffd9a4ad93e6d2c90bf6b4845 (patch) | |
| tree | bca1fcfef55b3e3e82c9a822b4ac6428fce2b419 /Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt | |
| parent | 2b583d8bc8d7105b58d7481a4a0ceb718dac49c6 (diff) | |
| parent | 3c92ec8ae91ecf59d88c798301833d7cf83f2179 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'linus' into perfcounters/core
Conflicts:
fs/exec.c
include/linux/init_task.h
Simple context conflicts.
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt')
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt index bb1b0dd..71df353 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt @@ -1339,10 +1339,13 @@ nmi_watchdog Enables/Disables the NMI watchdog on x86 systems. When the value is non-zero the NMI watchdog is enabled and will continuously test all online cpus to -determine whether or not they are still functioning properly. +determine whether or not they are still functioning properly. Currently, +passing "nmi_watchdog=" parameter at boot time is required for this function +to work. -Because the NMI watchdog shares registers with oprofile, by disabling the NMI -watchdog, oprofile may have more registers to utilize. +If LAPIC NMI watchdog method is in use (nmi_watchdog=2 kernel parameter), the +NMI watchdog shares registers with oprofile. By disabling the NMI watchdog, +oprofile may have more registers to utilize. msgmni ------ |
